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A man was killed on Sunday morning. His wife found the body and called the police. The police arrived and questioned the chef, maid, butler, and gardener. Their alibis were:Chef - making breakfastMaid - getting mailButler - setting tableGardener - watering plantsThe police immediately arrested the criminal. Who was it and how did they know?

5 pirates of different ages have a treasure of 100 gold coins.On their ship, they decide to split the coins using this scheme:The oldest pirate proposes how to share the coins, and all pirates remaining will vote for or against it.If 50% or more of the pirates vote for it, then the coins will be shared that way. Otherwise, the pirate proposing the scheme will be thrown overboard, and the process is repeated with the pirates that remain.

Assuming that all 5 pirates are intelligent, rational, greedy, and do not wish to die, (and are rather good at math for pirates) what will happen?

New Door Puzzle

There are people and strange monkeys on this island, and you can not tell who is who. They speak either only the truth or only lies.Who are the following two guys?A: B is a lying monkey. I am human.B: A is telling the truth.

One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole

island, killing the man in the process.

There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.

How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

I have a number of roses for sale. The first buyer bought half of my roses then I gave him additional one for free. The second buyer bought half of the remaining roses then I gave him additional one also for free. The third buyer also bought half of the remaining roses then I gave him additional one also for free, this time all of my roses has been sold out.

Four angels sat on the Christmas tree amidst other ornaments. Two had blue halos and two – yellow. However, none of them could see above his head. Angel A sat on the top branch and could see the angels B and C, who sat below him. Angel B, could see angel C who sat on the lower branch. And angel D stood at the base of the tree obscured from view by a thicket of branches, so no one could see him and he could not see anyone either.Which one of them could be the first to guess the color of his halo and speak it out loud for all other angels to hear?